How Psychological Capital Drives the Initiative of Project Managers in the Chinese Construction Industry: The Roles of Work Engagement and Decision Authority
Publication: Journal of Management in Engineering
Volume 38, Issue 4
Abstract
The initiative of project managers gives organizations competitive advantages. This study investigated the role of personal resources (i.e., psychological capital) in driving such behavior. We considered the intervening mechanism of the influence of psychological capital on initiative behavior by treating work engagement as a mediator, and treating job resources (i.e., decision authority) as a reinforcing variable in this relationship. Hypotheses are proposed integrating the literature of psychological capital and the job demands–resources theory. Using a 1-month time-lag questionnaire design, data were collected from 150 project managers responsible for construction projects. It was found that psychological capital has a positive influence on project initiative behavior, and work engagement mediates this influence. Decision authority reinforces the direct influence of psychological capital on work engagement and its indirect influence on project initiative behavior. This research contributes to that on antecedents and formation mechanisms of project initiative behavior and brings new insight to the job demands–resources theory by confirming the reinforcing interaction between psychological capital and decision authority.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 72002030 and 71772136), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20200383), and Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20YJCZH183). Special thanks are given to the participants of our survey. We also are indebted to the editor and the reviewers for their effort in developing this research.
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Volume 38 • Issue 4 • July 2022
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Received: Sep 25, 2021
Accepted: Mar 25, 2022
Published online: Apr 29, 2022
Published in print: Jul 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Sep 29, 2022
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